This newsletter is for people who live in the St. Julien Road construction zone and anyone who has registered to learn about the project and its impact on drivers, hikers, commuters and visitors. If you know someone who may be interested in this project, please encourage them to sign up at banff.ca/stjulienroad

Replacement of the sanitary sewer pipe reached the Tunnel Mountain Trailhead this week.

St. Julien Road Reconstruction - July 8 Update

This past week, crews continued good progress in replacing the sanitary sewer line, finalizing the length of the line from the Wolf Street intersection to the Tunnel Mountain Trailhead.

Work also continued to replace the water line, from St. Julien Way towards Wolverine Street.

Next week, the completed water mains will be flushed, tested for leaks, and disinfected from the top of the hill to the mid-point on St. Julien Road.

Crews will also start connecting private service lines from properties to the mains, beginning at Wolverine Street and working down towards Wolf Street. This work is complicated and may require additional time for some connections and less time than planned for other properties, affecting the overall scheduling. Homeowners are asked to monitor the progress of excavations, as impact on each property may be different than the schedule matrix below.

Street light removal is scheduled to start late next week, in preparation for installation of new power lines and replacement and addition of new streetlights. This work will create a period of a couple of weeks of significantly reduced lighting on the street.

Old sanitary and water lines are stored in
the parking lot before being removed from the site.

Detour required for access to Tunnel Mountain Trail

The lower trailhead to the Tunnel Mountain Trail will remain closed until at least July 27.

Access to the trail is now only possible via the upper trailhead on Tunnel Mountain Drive.

Signage is in place to direct hikers to detour to Wolverine Street and up the Ken Madsen Path, through the Banff Centre, and up St Julien Way to Tunnel Mountain Drive and the upper trailhead. Large signs are placed at intersections, and "bread-crumb" lawn signs help hikers navigate the full route to Tunnel Mountain Drive.

For your own safety, please do not enter the construction site, unless you are resident of the street accessing your home, and only when safe to do so.

Scheduled impact on residents for July 8-17

Most homes on St. Julien Road will have intermittent or full closures of driveway access in this period. The red phases in the matrix schedule below indicate full-day closures and the yellow phases indicate intermittent closures that involve movement of heavy vehicles and machinery. Residents are asked to be extremely cautious when exiting their properties or entering the site, and to make sure to communicate with workers and flaggers on the site.

This week ahead, the status of resident-only access points to St. Julien Road:

Wolf Street entrance to St. Julien: open
St. Julien Way (top of road) access to St. Julien Rd: closed all week
Wolverine Street entrance to St. Julien: closed Monday-Thursday
Wolverine St. back alley: closed all week

These homes' driveways on St. Julien Road are scheduled for full-day closures (schedules can change depending on weather and the complexity of connections with private properties):

100 St. Julien Rd (closed July 12-14)
132 St. Julien Rd. (closed July 8-12)
136 St. Julien Rd. and 131 Wolverine St (closed July 11-14)
200, 208 and 210 St. Julien Rd. (closed July 14-15)

St. Julien Road is closed to public access by vehicle, bicycle or by foot. St. Julien Road will be closed until October.

View and download the UPDATED schedule matrix for impact on individual homes.

Schedule of Impact on Homes and Access - July 8-17

Click on schedule above to download PDF that is easier to read

If you live on St. Julien and have questions, please contact us:

email stjulienroad@banff.ca
phone 403.762.1296

Click on map to download a PDF that is easier to read

Work is underway to install new water mains to the final section of St. Julien Road.

Banff Centre access

Pedestrian access to Banff Centre will be maintained on the Ken Madsen Path behind the cemetery, accessed from Wolverine Street or Buffalo Street. Vehicle access is limited to Buffalo Street and Tunnel Mountain Drive.

Two detour options to Tunnel Mountain Trail

Hikers heading to the Tunnel Mountain Trail are now detoured away from St. Julien Road. The lower trailhead on St. Julien is completely inaccessible until at least July 27.

Hikers are required to detour to the Ken Madsen Path and around the Banff Centre campus as the only route to the upper trailhead on Tunnel Mountain Drive. The parking lot on St. Julien is closed and there is limited parking at the Upper Trailhead. The best way to access the Tunnel Mountain Trail is by walking from downtown Banff.

Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Faster Route via Banff Centre

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Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Scenic Route via Bow River & Surprise Corner

Map - route to summit via Buffalo Street